Rush Ads: Political Motives Behind Inquiry

Full-page ads headlined "Local, National Journalists Question Political Motives in Limbaugh Investigation" ran today in the Palm Beach Post and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

The advertisements, purchased by Rush Limbaugh's EIB Network, stated in part: "... A number of prominent national and local journalists, commentators and editorial writers have questioned or charged that the investigation of Rush Limbaugh by Mr. Krischer is politically motivated. Following is the latest such opinion from the May 9, 2004 Washington Times."

The Times granted permission for republication of its May 9 editorial, headlined "Aiming for Rush," in the two papers, which have a combined circulation of 430,000.

While the ad in the Sun-Sentinel carried just the lead-in above, the introduction to the Palm Beach Post's ad stated:

"While editorial writers and columnists at the Palm Beach Post search for new ways to bash Rush Limbaugh and discredit him - most recently by taking his comments about the Iraqi prisoner issue out of context and then using those distorted quotes as a means to justify the investigation of Mr. Limbaugh by Palm Beach State Attorney Barry Krischer - a number of prominent national and local journalists, commentators and editorial writers have questioned or charged that the investigation of Rush Limbaugh by Mr. Krischer is politically motivated. We believe that readers of the Palm Beach Post deserve to see this, more widely-held, point-of-view. Following is the latest such opinion from the May 9, 2004 Washington Times."

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